Once Upon a More Enlightened Time: More Politically Correct Bedtime Stories [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Garner, James Finn

Edité par Macmillan , a Simon & Schuster Macmillan Company, New York, 1995

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Fine condition beige boards with a navy blue cloth spine and gold spine lettering contained in a near fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Introduction and A Politically Correct Alphabet. "Spurred by the overwhelming success of the million-copy best seller Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, James Finn Garner continues his quest to liberate "classic" fairy tales from their archaic sexist, ageist, classist, lookist, and environmentally unsound prejudices. "If we can cleanse these stories and put an end to the lies our children are spoon-fed while being spoon-fed," the author argues, "the world may finally become a decent place for persunkind and other, equally important species." In Once Upon a More Enlightened Time, Garner tackles many demeaning, culturally biased viewpoints through his retelling of well-known tales, such as "The Princess and the Pea," "The Tortoise and the Hare," and "The City Mouse and the Suburban Mouse." He has striven to fashion these bedtime stories into literature that is totally free from bias and purged from the influences of a flawed cultural past in hopes of freeing our social consciousness from these blights. If this book fulfills its purpose, no longer will ants, grasshoppers, pusses in boots, and other citizens of nature bear the burden of our insecurities. No longer will mer-people suffer because of their unique evolutionary niche. And no longer will capable young womyn sleep their lives away waiting for princes to rescue them." - from the inner front jacket flap.

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• Titre: Once Upon a More Enlightened Time: More Politically Correct Bedtime Stories [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
• Éditeur: Macmillan , a Simon & Schuster Macmillan Company, New York
• Date de parution: 1995
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Goodrich, Carter (jacket illustration)
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine